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Show HN: A storybook designed to teach kids about how computers work

lostlanguageofthemachines.com
132 points·by yawl·2 года назад·47 comments

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yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
I also wrote a chat novel about ASCII: https://www.lostlanguageofthemachines.com/chapter2/chat
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Love the design!
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Thank you all for the feedbacks, and extra thanks for those who read all three chapters. The consensus is the content is too hard for younger readers and I agree. I do have some ideas to improve, and will work on them in the coming weeks.

And I will probably ask for feedback again soon.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Thanks. I will check it out.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Thanks, that is good advice. You totally get it that I am trying to paint a future scene, but somehow did not deliver. This is the first time I wrote any long story in my life. I tried on my own kids but that is too small sample size.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
At very beginning I want to do it in comic style, kinda like “beast academy” style. But my art skill sucks, and ai image generator is not as good as I hoped. So I settled with chapter book, at least something I can produce. May be I should go game style "book" to be able to reach younger readers.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
how about 5th grader or above?
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Thanks for the feedback. I have never done anything like this before so there are tons of mistakes. The flipping thing will generate a time sequence, I find it hard to explain myself.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Thanks. Will check that book out.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
That is a good concern. I have to find another way.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Thanks for the feedback. I changed the sentence to something else.
yawl
·2 года назад·discuss
Fixed. Thank you!